BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.2.1//EN TZID:America/Toronto X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VEVENT UID:114@womenshealthresearchcluster.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220602T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220603T170000 DTSTAMP:20250107T154446Z URL:https://womenshealthresearchcluster.com/events/may-7-2022-great-minds- building-community-perinatal-mental-health-researchers-canada/ SUMMARY:Great Minds: Building A Community of Perinatal Mental Health Resear chers in Canada DESCRIPTION:Perinatal mental health researchers have been siloed in their i nstitutions without a place to gather and connect for too long. The Women' s Health Research Cluster's Perinatal Working Group is hosting a networkin g event through the Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting (CNPRM) t o change this. Whether you are attending CNPRM or not\, we welcome all per inatal mental health researchers to join this networking session to discus s research in our field\, connect with one another and begin building last ing relationships. During this session\, we will hear from the Executive D irectors of the Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative\, who will demonstrate just how important our research is to change-making in the wor ld. Then\, we will all join unique breakout rooms to nerd-out over our fav ourite research topics.\n\nPlease note that registration can be done eithe r by registering for free on this webpage\, or by signing up for the entir e CNPRM conference.\nPURPOSE\n\n Facilitate networking among perinatal me ntal health researchers.\n Learn how research is being used to advocate f or better perinatal mental health outcomes in Canada.\n\nAGENDA\n3:00-3:20 PST: Welcome / Opening Remarks by Dr. Nichole Fairbrother &\; Dr. Lian ne Tomfohr\n\n3:20-3:45: CPMHC Talk: Research and Advocacy - The Vital Lin k\n\n3:45-4:45: Break-Out Rooms (themed) for Networking\n\n4:45-5:00: Clos ing Remarks\nHOSTS\n\n\n\n\n\nNichole Fairbrother \nDr. Nichole Fairbroth er is a Michael Smith Health Professional-Investigator\, registered psycho logist and Clinical Associate Professor with the Department of Family Prac tice at the University of British Columbia. She is the head of the UBC Per inatal Anxiety Disorder Research Lab (PARLab). Dr. Fairbrother’s researc h is in the area of perinatal anxiety disorders and epidemiology\, with a focus on new mothers’ thoughts of infant-related harm and perinatal obse ssive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Current research activities include a lar ge-scale study of perinatal anxiety and related disorder screening tools\, a new study of postpartum harm thoughts and their relationship with OCD a nd infant safety\, and several inter-connected studies of fear of childbir th. She is currently in the planning stages for a study of the mental heal th correlates of gender differences in the distribution of unpaid domestic labour and a randomized controlled trial of online CBT for postpartum OCD .\n\n\n\n\nLianne Tomfohr-Madsen\nDr. Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen is an Associat e Professor of Psychology at the University of Calgary and Visiting Associ ate Professor at the University of British Columbia. She received her B.A. in Psychology from the University of British Columbia and her Ph.D. from SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology with a specializat ion in Behavioural Medicine. Her research is focused on psychological and social factors that promote or detract from optimal health trajectories wi th a particular focus on the transition to parenthood. Over the past decad e\, she has been involved in development of preventative interventions del ivered in pregnancy with the goal of optimizing parent and child health. S he is committed to supporting research on the dissemination and implementa tion of best practices for preventing and treating parental mental health and relationship distress in the transition to parenthood. Her research is supported by a CIHR Early Career Investigator Award in Maternal\, Reprodu ctive\, Child and Youth Health Award and a Career Development Award from t he Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program (CCHCSP).\nhttps://ww w.healthyfamilieslab.com/\nwww.pregnancyduringthepandemic.com/\n@_Families Lab\n@ltomfohr\n\n\n\nSPEAKERS\n\n\n\n\n\nJaime Charlebois \nJaime Charle bois is a mom of one who struggled through early parenting due to undiagno sed and untreated perinatal mental illness. She is the Co-founder\, Execut ive Director\, and Research Director of the Canadian Perinatal Mental Heal th Collaborative. Jaime has 23 years of clinical experience and is current ly working as an Advanced Practice Nurse and Psychotherapist in perinatal mental health. She holds a Master of Science in Nursing\, a Perinatal Nurs ing Certification from the Canadian Nurses Association and a Perinatal Men tal Health certification from Postpartum Support International. Her work e xperience includes clinical nursing\, higher education\, and clinical lead ership positions. She collaborates at the local\, provincial\, and nationa l level with multiple organizations and committees.\n\n\n \;\n\n \ ;\n\nPatricia Tomasi \nPatricia Tomasi is a mom of two who struggled to f ind help for perinatal mental illness. Her personal experience led her to seek others online in search of peer support while dealing with her own pe rinatal mental illness. In 2017\, Patricia started a Facebook Postpartum D epression &\; Anxiety Support Group providing 24/7 support to thousands of women from around the world who flocked to join the private group. Sho rtly after\, she co-founded the Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collabora tive\, along with Jaime Charlebois. She is also the founder of the cheeky Maternal Mental Health Matters Blog where she shares her own triumphs and struggles with motherhood\, mental health\, advocacy and her cat. In 2021\ , Patricia released a comprehensive anthology\, You Are Not Alone\, a coll ection of 49 stories from across the 49th parallel chronicling the diverse mental health challenges parents experience as they embark on the stages of conception through parenthood. Prior to her advocacy work\, Patricia sp ent a decade providing communications and media relations expertise for th e Ontario government and in addition to HuffPost\, she also worked as a re porter for CTV and CBC news in Vancouver\, Toronto\, Timmins\, and Thunder Bay. Patricia is now a former-journalist-turned-fierce-advocate who went from writing about the state of perinatal mental health in Canada as a rep orter for HuffPost to lobbying the federal government for a national perin atal mental health strategy. You can find her on Facebook\, Twitter and In stagram.\n\n\n\nBREAKOUT ROOM FACILITATORS\n\n\n\n\n\nAnna MacKinnon - C hild development &\; Family Planning Facilitator\nDr. Anna MacKinnon is a postdoctoral fellow at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Insti tute\, in the Departments of Psychology and Community Health Sciences at t he University of Calgary. Her research focuses on social determinants of c hild health and development\, risk and resilience for perinatal mental hea lth\, as well as intervention programs for psychological distress and pare nting. She is a registered clinical psychologist\, who received her PhD fr om McGill University and completed a CPA-accredited residency at the Londo n Health Sciences Centre\, with training in treatment for children and fam ilies from diverse backgrounds.\n\n\n\n\nBenicio Frey - Sleep &\; Biol ogicial Rhythms Facilitator\nDr. Frey is Professor in the Department of P sychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University\; Medical D irector of the Women’s Health Concerns Clinic at St. Joseph’s Healthca re Hamilton\; and Academic Head of the Mood Disorders Program\, McMaster U niversity.\n\nHis research is primarily focused on understanding the neuro biology of mood disorders\, with a focus on female-reproductive life event s. Some of his current research involve clinical trials in the areas of pr emenstrual dysphoric disorder\, perinatal anxiety and perinatal emotional dysregulation\, as well as studies of sleep and biological/circadian rhyth m disruption across pregnancy and the postpartum period. He has more than 250 publications accepted in peer-reviewed journals and has received numer ous career awards\, most notably the title of University Scholar in 2020.\ n\n\n\n\nSamantha Dawson - Perinatal Sexual Health Facilitator\nDr. Sam antha Dawson (she/her) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psyc hology at the University of British Columbia\, a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar\, and Director of the UBC Sexuality and Well-b eing (SWell) Lab. Her multi-method research program focuses on identifying cognitive and affective mechanisms contributing to sexual function in ind ividuals and couples\, especially during times of vulnerability such as pr egnancy and the postpartum. The overarching goal is to use these mechanism s to develop targeted and gender-specific and inclusive interventions for sexual dysfunction. Her research program involves experimental laboratory- based research using various sexual psychophysiological measures\, such as eye tracking\, genital plethysmography\, as well as more ecologically val id daily experience and longitudinal methodologies. She is committed to in novative knowledge translation and recently launched @misconSEXions a soci al media knowledge sharing initiative on Instagram that seeks to debunk co mmonly held myths regarding sexuality using the latest empirical research. Her research is currently funded by operating grants from the Natural Sci ences and Engineering Research Council\, the Social Sciences and Humanitie s Research Council of Canada\, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Res earch\, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation\, as well as the University of British Columbia. You can follow her on Twitter @dawson_sj and @UBCSwe ll or read about her and her incredible team here: https://swelllab.psych. ubc.ca/.\n\n\n\n\nNichole Fairbrother - Perinatal Anxiety &\; OCD Facil itator\nDr. Nichole Fairbrother is a Michael Smith Health Professional-Inv estigator\, registered psychologist and Clinical Associate Professor with the Department of Family Practice at the University of British Columbia. S he is the head of the UBC Perinatal Anxiety Disorder Research Lab (PARLab) . Dr. Fairbrother’s research is in the area of perinatal anxiety disorde rs and epidemiology\, with a focus on new mothers’ thoughts of infant-re lated harm and perinatal obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Current rese arch activities include a large-scale study of perinatal anxiety and relat ed disorder screening tools\, a new study of postpartum harm thoughts and their relationship with OCD and infant safety\, and several inter-connecte d studies of fear of childbirth. She is currently in the planning stages f or a study of the mental health correlates of gender differences in the di stribution of unpaid domestic labour and a randomized controlled trial of online CBT for postpartum OCD.\n\n\n\n\nJaime Charlebois - Perinatal Ment al Health Advocacy Facilitator\nJaime Charlebois is a mom of one who stru ggled through early parenting due to undiagnosed and untreated perinatal m ental illness. She is the Co-founder\, Executive Director\, and Research D irector of the Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative. Jaime has 2 3 years of clinical experience and is currently working as an Advanced Pra ctice Nurse and Psychotherapist in perinatal mental health. She holds a Ma ster of Science in Nursing\, a Perinatal Nursing Certification from the Ca nadian Nurses Association and a Perinatal Mental Health certification from Postpartum Support International. Her work experience includes clinical n ursing\, higher education\, and clinical leadership positions. She collabo rates at the local\, provincial\, and national level with multiple organiz ations and committees.\n\n\n\n\nPatricia Tomasi - Perinatal Mental Health Advocacy Facilitator\nPatricia Tomasi is a mom of two who struggled to fi nd help for perinatal mental illness. Her personal experience led her to s eek others online in search of peer support while dealing with her own per inatal mental illness. In 2017\, Patricia started a Facebook Postpartum De pression &\; Anxiety Support Group providing 24/7 support to thousands of women from around the world who flocked to join the private group. Shor tly after\, she co-founded the Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborat ive\, along with Jaime Charlebois. She is also the founder of the cheeky M aternal Mental Health Matters Blog where she shares her own triumphs and s truggles with motherhood\, mental health\, advocacy and her cat. In 2021\, Patricia released a comprehensive anthology\, You Are Not Alone\, a colle ction of 49 stories from across the 49th parallel chronicling the diverse mental health challenges parents experience as they embark on the stages o f conception through parenthood. Prior to her advocacy work\, Patricia spe nt a decade providing communications and media relations expertise for the Ontario government and in addition to HuffPost\, she also worked as a rep orter for CTV and CBC news in Vancouver\, Toronto\, Timmins\, and Thunder Bay. Patricia is now a former-journalist-turned-fierce-advocate who went f rom writing about the state of perinatal mental health in Canada as a repo rter for HuffPost to lobbying the federal government for a national perina tal mental health strategy. You can find her on Facebook\, Twitter and Ins tagram.\n\n\n\nRegister Here ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://womenshealthresearchcluster.com/wp-conte nt/uploads/2024/11/cnprm_banner-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Other END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Vancouver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR